Capital Campaign “Thermometer”

Temple Beth Sholom Campaign Thermometer

Client: Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

During a capital campaign it is often customary to have a campaign “thermometer” that displays the campaign’s progress. As people see that the organization is getting closer to reaching its fundraising goal, energy, enthusiasm and donations increase.

We first introduced the campaign’s theme, “Why it Matters” in a brochure. Here, in this 6 foot tall lobby display, we continue using the visual of colored blocks peppered with words that express the campaign’s benefits such as increased accessibility, comfort, inspiration and beauty. In this execution, however, the blocks are printed in pale versions of their original saturated hues and they climb vertically along with the words. Each pale block represents another $250,000 raised. (The dollar figures are off to the right side of the column.)

As the money is accrued, a separate, saturated block of color is adhered to the display using velcro. So, as the dollars rise, so does the richness of the colors until the whole pillar is saturated with bright color. In the photo shown here, $2,000,000 has been raised. At the top of the display, the words “Thank You” appear in both English and Hebrew.

Related posts:

Temple Beth Sholom Logo (re-branding)

Temple Beth Sholom Capital Campaign Brochure

Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: A Call to Action

Client: Moving Traditions

“Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: A Call to Action,”  is a 64 page report that is distilled from three years of research and 40 focus groups with Jewish boys. With this report, Moving Traditions launches a comprehensive initiative to help both formal and informal Jewish educators better serve Jewish teenage boys. The report includes seven lessons and seven principles for more effective Jewish education, a marketing toolkit, a sample program curriculum and resources for professional development as well as programming that meets the unique needs of Jewish teenage boys.

The report has a provocative cover: a close-up of a teenage boy’s hands as he creates a text message on his cell phone: “get the message.” Inside, each section of the report is designed to be clean and easy to read. In some sections, pull quotes highlight salient copy points, guiding the reader through a large amount of information; in the sample curriculum section, youthful icons punctuate the layout.

The launch of the report was covered in:

The Jewish Week

The Jewish Exponent

View the entire piece as a pdf: Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys

InterFaithways Online Newsletter

InterFaithways Online Newsletter

Client: InterFaithways

InterFaithways is the only organization in the greater Philadelphia area dedicated to welcoming interfaith families to the Jewish community. InterFaithways’ mission is to:

  • Welcome interfaith couples and their families into the greater Jewish community, with the belief that positive interaction presents a growth opportunity for the Jewish community.
  • Advocate and provide support for institutional and attitudinal change in the Jewish community.
  • Initiate innovative and creative programs to provide opportunities for open dialogue among interfaith families and Jewish professionals.

By providing training and consultation to rabbis, educators and other Jewish professionals, InterFaithways opens the door to community transformation.

In addition to providing information about events, this issue of Intersections, an online, interactive newsletter, focuses primarily on the high holidays, offering tips, strategies and information about how to understand the Jewish high holidays. Holiday resources are also included.

Of particular interest is the comprehensive list of greater Philadelphia area synagogues that welcome interfaith and unaffiliated families. A live hyperlink accompanies each synagogue listing, so that readers can click and go directly to the appropriate web site to get more information.

• Interfaithways Newsletter (view entire piece as pdf)

Congregation Ohev Shalom Renewal Campaign Materials

Congregation Ohev Shalom Kadima Campaign Brochure

Client: Congregation Ohev Shalom, Wallingford, PA

Congregation Ohev Shalom in Wallingford, PA is a Conservative synagogue that was founded at the beginning of the 20th century in nearby Chester, PA. The congregation moved into its current building in 1965 and 40 years later, it was time to mount its first major capital campaign so that significant improvements and repairs could be made to its aging infrastructure. While refurbishing its social hall was a major goal of the Renewal Campaign, other goals were far less glamorous: HVAC and electrical upgrades, roof repairs and the like. We therefore took a “nuts and bolts” approach in the brochure, describing the needed repairs while stressing how they would benefit the congregants, young and old alike. Images of hammers, nails, bolts, screws and faucets were used not only in the brochure, but in posters, the campaign “thermometer” and other campaign materials.

Hammer it Home Ad

• Ohev Campaign Poster 1 (view as pdf)

• Ohev Campaign Poster 2 (view as pdf)

• Ohev Campaign Poster 3 (view as pdf)

• Ohev Campaign Poster 4 (view as pdf)

• Ohev Campaign Poster 5 (view as pdf)

Brandywine Center Donor Display

Brandywine Center Donor Wall Display

Client: Brandywine Center

The mission of the Brandywine Center is to reduce disparities in access to affordable quality health care. The Center, located in Coatesville, PA, houses behavioral, dental and primary health care providers as well as 24 housing units for senior citizens. Completed in 2008, the Center was built with generous support from the Brandywine Health Foundation along with many donors whose names are featured on this 8 foot wide donor display that hangs on a wall in the Center’s lobby. Photos, by Rick Davis, are of greater Coatesville-area residents and their neighborhoods.

The display is printed on Sintra, has a red mahogany frame, is covered with clear plexiglass and finished off with brass standoffs.

• Brandywine Center Donor Display (view piece as pdf)